book van de vijver iambic issue ruben van de vijver iambic issue iamb result constraint interaction iambic language stress both first syllable avoid iamb assign right leave prototypical iambic foot play role prosodic morphology build optimality theory van de vijver argue iambic foot result constraint interaction rather build block metrical theory van de vijver present detail analysis stress pattern several carib yupik language show righthead foot surface language result interaction between constraint favor lefthead foot constraint bar both initial final syllable stress argue further iamb arise leave edge word analyze stress pattern several lan guage claim iamb arise right edge word one conclusion prototypical iamb never build block prosodic morphology content introduction stress cariban language yupik prosody trochee stress right leave feet prosodic morphology summary conclusion pp isbn paperback hil dissertation vrije universiteit amsterdam price individual order directly hag nlg excl pp vat holland academic graphic hague http www hag nl rint sybesma holland academic graphic po box ag hague netherland fax 